A Western Australian parliamentary Question on Notice inquires about the number and locations of fatalities in the resource sector since November 2008. The Minister for Mines and Petroleum provides a factual response detailing two fatalities.

AnsweredQoN 194Legislative Council
Asked
11 March 2009
Portfolio
Mines and Petroleum

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resource sector fatalities
(1) How many fatalities have occurred in the Western Australian resource sector since November 2008? (2) Where have those fatalities occurred; and who were the victims employed by? When I say “victims”, I was not implying anything untoward; it is just that they were victims of accidents. Hon NORMAN MOORE

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(1) Two. (2) The first occurred on 6 January 2009 at the KCGM Fimiston pit in Kalgoorlie, and the victim was employed by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd. The second occurred on 24 February 2009 on the BHP Billiton iron ore railway, and the victim was employed by BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
(2) Where have those fatalities occurred; and who were the victims employed by? When I say “victims”, I was not implying anything untoward; it is just that they were victims of accidents. Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1) Two. (2) The first occurred on 6 January 2009 at the KCGM Fimiston pit in Kalgoorlie, and the victim was employed by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd. The second occurred on 24 February 2009 on the BHP Billiton iron ore railway, and the victim was employed by BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
When I say “victims”, I was not implying anything untoward; it is just that they were victims of accidents. Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1) Two. (2) The first occurred on 6 January 2009 at the KCGM Fimiston pit in Kalgoorlie, and the victim was employed by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd. The second occurred on 24 February 2009 on the BHP Billiton iron ore railway, and the victim was employed by BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1) Two. (2) The first occurred on 6 January 2009 at the KCGM Fimiston pit in Kalgoorlie, and the victim was employed by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd. The second occurred on 24 February 2009 on the BHP Billiton iron ore railway, and the victim was employed by BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
(1) Two. (2) The first occurred on 6 January 2009 at the KCGM Fimiston pit in Kalgoorlie, and the victim was employed by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd. The second occurred on 24 February 2009 on the BHP Billiton iron ore railway, and the victim was employed by BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
(2) The first occurred on 6 January 2009 at the KCGM Fimiston pit in Kalgoorlie, and the victim was employed by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd. The second occurred on 24 February 2009 on the BHP Billiton iron ore railway, and the victim was employed by BHP Billiton Iron Ore.

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